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TOKEN
Unique ID: DEV-AE815B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast lead bifacial token of Powell Type 9, probably dating to c. AD 1250-1850. The token is sub-circular in plan and flat in cross section. Both faces are cast in relief with a seperate irregular pattern of lines, with neither being particularly intelligible. One face features a large sub-rectangle border with a random assortment of diverging and converging lines breaking its border. The second face is less clear, it may potentially depict a central, serifed W surrounded by extraneous detail although it could equally be an attempt at a grid or net-like device with a central feature.
Dimensions: Diameter 20.4mm; thickness 2.4mm; weight 3.41g.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date.
Class: Powell Type 9
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 3.41 g
Diameter: 20.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Wednesday 16th August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019295
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Cornwood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX6060
Four figure Latitude: 50.42312699
Four figure longitude: -3.97219818
1:25K map: SX6060
1:10K map: SX60NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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